Madhu
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara in Sri Lanka

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♀ Madhu  dead elephant


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Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus maximus
Sex and age:Female ♀
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Death
Dead: 2024-09-12
Death location: pit in the Sewela Bokkkuwa area of Hasalaka
Death reason: accident: died after falling into pit
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara
from Sri Lanka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2021-08-12

Latest document update2024-11-12 13:15:10
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† Madhu is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2024-09-12 at Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as died after falling into pit.

Origin

Madhu was born wild at Sri Lanka unspecified location.


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A female elephant named ‘Madhu,’ belonging to the Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara in Badulla, died on Thursday (12) night after falling into pit in the Sewela Bokkkuwa area of Hasalaka.

The elephant had been brought to participate in the Esala Perahera festival at the Mahiyangana Rajamaha Vihara. The accident occurred while she was being loaded onto a truck for transport to the event.

Madhu, aged 30, had been gifted to the Badulu Muthiyangana Rajamaha Vihara when she was just six years old.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Madhu, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8037. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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